Posts by bencor21

Has anyone been able to create an .stm screen for a teach pendant in Sharepoint using a chart control box? I am just looking to display a bar chart to be able to compare the values in (4) registers. Like most things I have tried when creating screens & coming up with something different, there is so much trial & error. Thought I'd actually reach out for some help on this one. The Fanuc example .stm screens are a joke. Thanks.

Ran into DO[10xxx]s before. They were coming from the PMC, driven by K bits. See if you have PMC & if anyone can take a look at it in Fanuc Ladder 3.

ERBU is great. Backing up numerous robots at the same time networked together is a massive time saver.

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Set the axis you want to disable =0. Requires a power cycle. Good luck.

try changing it in a controlled start

I've been seeing some people who like to begin all of their created program names with underscores so they all grouped together in the program screen. Not a fan but whatever.

I will warn you, J3 is not just a linear axis. There is a rotational component of J4 to make J3 go up & down, you can see the rotation right at the housing as the spindle moves. Which makes skipping to the torque value very sketchy. It is not as accurate or responsive as you think it should be. In the application I did with the SR-6iA, you could actually see J1 lifting as I was pushing down. But it was the only thing I had to use...

The option you are thinking of is Auto Backward Exit. I got to play around with it once, seemed pretty useful when you are entering something with tight clearances (machine tending) & if something would occur, you could automatically back out the same path on a recovery. That being said, you might be able to do it while "recording" the path during the dispense, keeping the max record distance low, like 25 mm. But not sure how you want to keep track of where you are at in your path. The backup would typically occur in another routine, like a recovery, then it's up to you to get back to where you were. But like I said, I only got to play around with it once.

Now if you are using DispenseTool, which now resides in SpotTool if I remember correctly, keep in mind that not all options work with all software packages. Check it out.

You can't edit the PMC on the teach pendant. You need the Fanuc Ladder 3 software.

Here's my notes just for pulling R-30iA ladders into Fanuc Ladder 3. I forgot about that until massula mentioned Ladder.PMC

To Open Older Ladder.PMC Files

• Open FANUC Ladder-III for Robot
• Select New File
• New Program
  • Name 1.LAD to Desktop
  • PMC Type RBT-SB5
  • OK
• File > Import > Handy-file Format File > Next
• Specify File (Ladder.PMC) > Finish
• Import Complete > OK
• Select "Merging the Symbol/Comment has given priority to the Source Program" > Yes

Ok so we are onto 2 things I haven't done with Ladder 3, R30iB+ & Windows 10. Just got my new laptop in the last month with Windows 10 & haven't tried it yet. I recall the 1st time I tied to do it, I didn't get it right away. Like most things Fanuc, there's usually 1 little bit of information you may have overlooked that makes the entire thing not work.

in Roboguide go to help > contents > go to the search tab > type connect virtual robot with > hit list topics > go down like 10 items & you should see connect virtual robot with fanuc ladder-III for Robot. That is exactly what I used. I don't remember deviating from those instructions.

I've only ever done it a few times on R30iB. Not yet on a plus.

I would say 1st off, make sure your virtual Robot has the PMC option. I'm using Fanuc Ladder 3 V8.20. I have no clue how much of a difference that makes. CNC & Robot are combined in that version. 1st time I did it, they were not. Each had their own Ladder 3 software.

I'm currently searching for the document that I reference to get it connected. I know I have a hard copy somewhere... Hold on.

Yes, you can connect Fanuc Ladder 3 to connect with Roboguide. I think I found the instructions in the Roboguide help. It's not that bad, just need to know how to set a couple things. But some simulations I did were greatly helped by having some simple ladder logic running in the background to monitor things that were much more of a pain to do in TP code.

Thanks. Good point. This is an R30iB+ controller & it just might be something newer I haven't ran across yet.

Anyone know anything about SRVO-289 Smooth Stop? This is a new 1 to me & the alarm documentation is of no help. Our customer is doing all the PLC/HMI control & I wasn't sure if this was something coming from how they are controlling the UOPs. Always accompanies another alarm like Fence Open or something like that.

Have your LEDs changed? What are you actually seeing? Have you gotten to a different point in your bootup?

You're going to want to look in your controllers electrical maintenance manual. Go to the Troubleshooting section. Then find the LED Troubleshooting area, start with the Main Board indicators. You can see which step it is getting hung up on in the bootup & you can troubleshoot further from there.

V5.3 is as far back as Roboguide goes. I have all the versions loaded. You're best bet is to make a Robot with 5.3 & start loading in the appropriate files.

those pictured are the fuses on the power supply. Fuses on the e-stop board are the small clear ones. I don't recall the amp rating off the top of my head.